# vploq

Your printer, your NAS and your router only work when you are on the sofa. vploq
makes them reachable from a hotel, an office or a train, over an encrypted
connection nobody in between can read.

## The three pieces

<Mermaid chart={`flowchart LR
  subgraph AWAY["Where you are"]
    APP["vploq app<br/>phone · laptop"]
  end
  subgraph NET["In between"]
    RELAY(["Encrypted relay<br/>(only when needed)"])
  end
  subgraph HOME["Your home"]
    DEV["vploq device"]
    LAN["Printer · NAS · router"]
    DEV --- LAN
  end
  APP -->|"direct, when the network allows"| DEV
  APP -.->|"relayed otherwise"| RELAY -.-> DEV
`} />

The device is a small box that plugs into your router at home. It is the way
back in: your phone and laptop connect to it, not to somebody else's server.

The app runs on iPhone, iPad, Android, macOS and Windows. One button connects
you.

Between the two is the network. Where your phone and your device can reach each
other directly, they do, and the traffic never touches our infrastructure. Many
mobile networks make a direct path impossible, and when that happens an
encrypted relay forwards the packets without being able to read them.

[How vploq works](/learn/how-vploq-works) explains the whole model.

## Start here

- [Install the app](/setup/install-the-app): pick your platform, sign in
- [Set up your vploq](/setup/set-up-your-vploq): plug in, tap, name it
- [Connecting](/using/connecting): what the button and the statuses mean

## Everything else

- [Reach your local network](/using/local-network-access): printer, NAS, router
- [Manage your device](/using/your-device): rename, firmware, diagnostics, release
- [Teams](/teams/managing-teams): share a vploq with other people
- [Your data](/account/your-data): export it, delete your account, release a device
- [Troubleshooting](/support/troubleshooting): when something will not connect
- [FAQ](/support/faq): quick answers
- [Legal](/legal/overview): privacy and terms